Publications - Tax
Spanish Constitutional Court publishes the judgment holding unconstitutional Royal Decree-Law 2/2016 in its entirety
On July 7 access was given to the complete wording of the constitutional court judgment, of July 1, 2020, holding unconstitutional,null and void Royal Decree-Law 2/2016 in its entirety due to breaching the substantive boundaries that cannot be…
COVID-19: New postponement in the fulfillment of VAT obligations in Portugal
The Portuguese Government has approved new extensions of the tax deadlines to comply with VAT obligations, by Order no. 229/2020-XXII, of 24 June, that can may be fulfilled without the application of any penalties:
DAC6: the Council of the European Union allows member states to extend the time limits for the filing and exchange of information
To address the impact of the health crisis, on June 24, 2020 the Council of the European Union approved Directive 2020/876/EU, amending the time limits for the filing and exchange of information set out in Council Directive 2011/16/EU (DAC6).
COVID-19: Tax credit for technological innovation in automation is increased and unrestricted depreciation is permitted for assets related to electric mobility
The June 24 edition of the Official State Gazette published Royal Decree-Law 23/2020, of June 23, 2020, approving measures for economic recovery in the field of energy and in other areas.
Tax Measures of Supplementary Budget Bill for 2020 in Portugal
The Portuguese Government presented a Supplementary Budget Bill for 2020 that includes several tax measures. The Supplementary Budget Bill will now enter a phase of parliamentary discussion to arrive to a final text by 3 of July.
TEAC concludes that awarded legal costs are only taxable for personal income tax purposes on the amount exceeding the actual cost of the lawsuit
The tribunal has contradicted the reiterated interpretation of the Directorate-General for Taxes (DGT), in line with the view supported by the Ombudsman in his Recommendation of July 18, 2017.
COVID-19: Morocco extends the public health emergency through July 10th
Decree n° 2.20.406, published in the Official Gazette on June 9th, has extended the public health emergency through July 10th.
Spanish Supreme Court: Tax treaties cannot be interpreted from later model conventions and their commentaries if there are material differences between them
In a recent judgment delivered on March 3, 2020 (cassation appeal 5448/2018), the Supreme Court ruled on the limits of the interpretation of tax treaties in light of later versions of model conventions (and their commentaries) published by the OECD.
The Chilean IRS issues guidelines regarding new VAT on Digital Services
Law Nº 21,210 (the Tax Modernization Law) amended Decree-Law Nº 825 (the VAT Law), introducing a new set of services rendered by non-resident non-domiciled providers, among VAT taxable events.
DGT confirms that the VAT on agreed discounts may only be avoided if rent prices are renegotiated before they are payable
As we reported in our commentary dated April 11, 2020 (read here), in the current health crisis commercial lease agreements are being renegotiated due to force majeure.
COVID-19: Real estate tax (IBI) and tax on economic activities (IAE) reductions in Madrid
Madrid City Council plenary meeting approved on May 29, 2020 an amendment to the local tax laws on real estate tax and the tax on economic activities, to provide new reductions to both.
COVID-19: New measures changing the time period for preparation and approval of financial statements and their tax consequences
Royal Decree-Law 19/2020 states that the three-month time period for preparing financial statements and other documents required by law will start to run from June 1, 2020, and reduces the time period for approving financial statements to two months…